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Dahomey review: Mati Diop's probing documentary on restitution of stolen artefacts makes for essential viewing

Mati Diop's new documentary is unlike anything else you'll see this year. The statue gets a voice, and this is where Diop's razor-sharp observation on cultural history, institutionalized monopoly and colonialism begins to take shape. A sharply made documentary The film's most electric part is when Diop turns the action to a meeting of university students to search for an …

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1 week ago

What to stream: MrBeast jumps to TV, Little Big Town’s holiday special and Squid Game: Unleashed

Associated Press

The griping Vatican-based thriller “Conclave” about picking a new pope and Stephanie Hsu starring in the dark comedy “Laid” as a woman whose former lovers keep unexpectedly dying are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you. Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: …

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3 weeks ago

How a pair of acclaimed documentaries tackle the legacies of colonialism

LA Times

“Dahomey” chronicles the return of looted artifacts to Benin, from the perspective of one of the treasures, known as “26”: a wooden statue of King Ghezo, a clenched fist raised. Here’s a closer look at “Dahomey” and “Sugarcane.” ‘Dahomey’ Hypnotic, provocative and layered with meaning, “Dahomey” finds poetry and mystery as it chronicles the return of 26 historical artifacts from …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Twente throw away 0-2 lead against OGC Nice in the UEFA Europa League

NL Times

FC Twente dropped valuable points in the UEFA Europa League on Thursday. The Enschede club had a comfortable 0-2 lead after an hour played away to OGC Nice, who are currently fifth in the French league. Oosting’s team took the initiative early even though they were without suspended goalkeeper Lars Unnerstal and their top scorer, Sem Steijn, who was ill. …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

Review: In sharp documentary ‘Dahomey,’ African art returns home, but colonialism still stings

LA Times

A long-silent voice from a distant past — eerie and reverberating — awakens in the climate-controlled, antiseptic chambers of a Paris museum. The forum through which this entity communicates to us is Mati Diop’s “Dahomey.” The French Senegalese filmmaker returns with a rich and absorbing exploration of the specter of colonialism that continues the enthralling, otherworldly quality of her 2019 …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

'Dahomey' follows the return of colonial artifacts from French museums to Benin

NPR

'Dahomey' follows the return of colonial artifacts from French museums to Benin NPR’s Scott Simon speaks to director Mati Diop about her new documentary, "Dahomey." SCOTT SIMON, HOST: The documentary film "Dahomey" is a story of return, the restitution of stolen royal treasures. The loot was displayed in Paris, but in 2021, the artifacts were carefully loaded into crates and …

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3 months ago

French cult film ‘La Haine’ returns as hip-hop musical with tensions persisting in poor suburbs

Associated Press

Watching “La Haine” nearly 30 years ago, there was a sense of something inexorable about violence in the French suburbs. The title remains the same — “La Haine,” which translates as “hate,” but adds a subtitle: “So far, nothing has changed.” “Two days after we announced the show, we were very hyped,” Kassovitz said. It’s for all the victims that …

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3 months ago

La película de culto francesa ‘La Haine’ regresa como musical de hip hop

LA Times

Mathieu Kassovitz posa después de una entrevista con Associated Press, en Tremblay-en-France, el martes 17 de septiembre de 2024. Anuncio La película sirvió como una revelación sobre la sombría realidad de la vida en lo que los franceses llaman la “banlieue” -los suburbios pobres con proyectos de vivienda social - y arrasó en el Festival de Cine de Cannes de …

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3 months ago

Fed announces big half-point interest rate cut, the first reduction since 2020

LA Times

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell appears on a monitor on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. “This recalibration of our policy stance will help maintain the strength of the economy and the labor market, and will continue to enable further progress on inflation,” Fed Chair Jerome H. Powell said at a news conference after the conclusion of …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

New York Film Festival sets main slate with movies by Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker and Mati Diop

Hindustan Times

NEW YORK — The New York Film Festival on Tuesday unveiled the main slate for its 62nd edition, with selections including Sean Baker's Palme d'Or-winning “Anora,” Pedro Almodóvar's “The Room Next Door” and Mati Diop's “Dahomey.” New York Film Festival sets main slate with movies by Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker and Mati Diop Thirty-three features will make up the central …

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7 months, 1 week ago

KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: If Fulham don't mix it up they will be eaten alive by Man City... they have been too predictable and must NOT copy Brighton's approach

Daily Mail

When playing a team who press as insatiably as Manchester City do, you run the risk of being eaten alive if your plan of playing out from the back is too predictable. When analysing Fulham's last home game — a 1-1 draw with Crystal Palace — there was a noticeable pattern emerging whenever they tried to play out from the …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The National Book Awards’ translated-lit longlist is here. Of course David Diop is on it

LA Times

David Diop’s new novel, “Beyond the Door of No Return,” entwines the lives of a French botanist and a formerly enslaved woman in French-controlled Senegal. In 2021, a slim, incantatory novel about a West African Allied regiment in World War I won the International Booker Prize, and the world was introduced to 55-year-old French Senegalese author and scholar David Diop. …

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1 year, 3 months ago

The 17 TV shows we’re most excited about this fall

LA Times

This fall, the lineup of TV show premieres is lighter than usual because of the dual strikes, which have halted productions and resulted in networks and streaming services shifting some shows to later release dates. UBA network’s finest — Alex Levy, Bradley Jackson and Cory “Chaos Is the New Cocaine” Ellison — are finally back for a third season, propelling …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Makkabi Berlin, founded by Holocaust survivors, to be 1st Jewish team in German Cup

Associated Press

BERLIN — Makkabi Berlin’s first game ever ended in a 15-1 loss in the city’s humblest soccer league. On Sunday, Makkabi will be the first Jewish club to play in the German Cup, a season-long tournament for 64 of the country’s best professional and amateur sides. Although Makkabi Berlin’s Jewish identity and mission are still central to its identity — …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Mali’s top diplomat demands UN peacekeepers leave the country after more than 10 years

Associated Press

BAMAKO, Mali — Mali’s top diplomat demanded Friday that U.N. peacekeepers who have been in this West African country grappling with an Islamic insurgency for more than a decade leave immediately, claiming they had failed in their mission. He said the mission has not “been able to adequately respond to the security situation in Mali” and that its “future outlook …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Mali asks UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission ‘without delay’

Al Jazeera

Mali has called on the United Nations to withdraw its peacekeeping mission from the country “without delay,” denouncing its “failure” to respond to security challenges. El Ghassim Wane, the head of the UN mission in Mali, said after the meeting of the 15-member council that conducting UN peacekeeping operations was “nearly impossible” without the consent of the host country. There …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Governments criticised for keeping women from peace talks

The Hindu

On the eve of International Women's Day, leading women's rights campaigners at the United Nations and the African Union and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticised male-dominated governments on March 7 for excluding women from peace negotiations. Sima Bahous, head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality, lamented “the regression in women's rights.” She told the Security Council that “we …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Governments criticized for keeping women from peace talks

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — On the eve of International Women’s Day, leading women’s rights campaigners at the United Nations and the African Union and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate criticized male-dominated governments Tuesday for excluding women from peace negotiations. Sima Bahous, head of the U.N. agency promoting gender equality, lamented “the regression in women’s rights.” She told the Security Council that …

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1 year, 9 months ago

The 75 best movies by Black directors—and where they’re streaming.

Slate

Seven years ago—when #OscarsSoWhite was a hot topic and Obama was still president—Slate published the Black Film Canon, a list of 50 of the best and most culturally significant films by Black directors. “Dash insisted on making a migration film that would rely on the vibrancy of images, the richness of Gullah cultural rituals and its African rooted ancestral signification, …

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1 year, 10 months ago

The 49 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now

Wired

Streaming services are known for having award-worthy series but also plenty of duds. Ranma ½ One of Western anime fandom’s gateway drugs gets a 21st century makeover with a gorgeously animated remake of Rumiko Takahashi's legendary manga. The Decameron Giovanni Boccaccio's 14th-century collection of tales might not sound like the best material for a TV show, but as reimagined by …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Russia’s Lavrov vows aid for W Africa fight against armed groups

Al Jazeera

Moscow is seeking to expand its influence in Africa as a diplomatic tug-of-war between global powers continues on the continent. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has pledged assistance to West African states battling armed groups, as Moscow seeks to expand its influence on a continent in a diplomatic tug-of-war between global powers. Lavrov on Tuesday hailed the alliance that has …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Russia pledges military support to Mali during Lavrov visit

Associated Press

BAMAKO, Mali — Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov pledged military support to Mali during his first visit to the West African nation Tuesday and dismissed criticism of Moscow’s growing influence on the continent. Lavrov’s trip to Bamako, Mali’s capital, comes as Western countries express their concerns about alleged human rights abuses committed by Russian mercenaries working for the private military …

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1 year, 10 months ago

Mali defends Russian ties and opposes options for UN force

Associated Press

UNITED NATIONS — Mali’s foreign minister defended the military government’s cooperation with Russia on Friday and rejected three options proposed by the U.N. chief to reconfigure the U.N. peacekeeping force in the west African country where Al-Qaida and Islamic State extremist groups are driving insecurity. But Secretary-General Antonio Guterres’ internal review released this week of the 17,500-strong U.N. mission, known …

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1 year, 11 months ago

Review: Spellbinding ‘Saint Omer’ straddles truth, fiction

Associated Press

First, the real-life facts of the case, more shocking than you’ll find in most fiction: In November 2013, a mother took a train from Paris to the northern French coast, along with her 15-month old daughter. Like Kabou a woman of Senegalese descent, Diop had been fascinated by the case since she’d seen a grainy surveillance photo in a newspaper …

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Dahomey review: Mati Diop's probing documentary on restitution of stolen artefacts makes for essential viewing

What to stream: MrBeast jumps to TV, Little Big Town’s holiday special and Squid Game: Unleashed

How a pair of acclaimed documentaries tackle the legacies of colonialism

Twente throw away 0-2 lead against OGC Nice in the UEFA Europa League

Review: In sharp documentary ‘Dahomey,’ African art returns home, but colonialism still stings

'Dahomey' follows the return of colonial artifacts from French museums to Benin

French cult film ‘La Haine’ returns as hip-hop musical with tensions persisting in poor suburbs

La película de culto francesa ‘La Haine’ regresa como musical de hip hop

Fed announces big half-point interest rate cut, the first reduction since 2020

New York Film Festival sets main slate with movies by Pedro Almodóvar, Sean Baker and Mati Diop

KEOWN TALKS TACTICS: If Fulham don't mix it up they will be eaten alive by Man City... they have been too predictable and must NOT copy Brighton's approach

The National Book Awards’ translated-lit longlist is here. Of course David Diop is on it

The 17 TV shows we’re most excited about this fall

Makkabi Berlin, founded by Holocaust survivors, to be 1st Jewish team in German Cup

Mali’s top diplomat demands UN peacekeepers leave the country after more than 10 years

Mali asks UN to withdraw its peacekeeping mission ‘without delay’

Governments criticised for keeping women from peace talks

Governments criticized for keeping women from peace talks

The 75 best movies by Black directors—and where they’re streaming.

The 49 Best Shows on Netflix Right Now

Russia’s Lavrov vows aid for W Africa fight against armed groups

Russia pledges military support to Mali during Lavrov visit

Mali defends Russian ties and opposes options for UN force

Review: Spellbinding ‘Saint Omer’ straddles truth, fiction